Richard Dormer

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“every time Beric dies he loses a part of himself so he’s constantly mourning the human he used to be. He carries his burden very well and is lightly philosophical about it. Because Beric only has one eye, I’d be temporarily blind and swinging the flaming sword – which is real, not CGI. Let’s face it, I have the coolest weapon on the show. It’s better than a lightsaber.”

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ALSO KNOWN FOR

Fortitude (2015)

Good Vibrations (2012)

Cobra (2020)

‘71 (2014)

Richard Dormer is a Northern Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter born on the 11th of November 1969 in Portadown, Northern Ireland. He is best known for his roles as Beric Dondarrion in the hit HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones and as Dan Anderssen in Sky Atlantic's Fortitude. Dormer studied at the RADA school of acting in London, England. After living and working in London, he returned to Northern Ireland and currently lives in Belfast with his wife, director Rachel O'Riordan.

Dormer gained recognition following his performance as Northern Irish snooker star Alex Higgins in the 2003 play Hurricane in 2003, which he wrote and starred in, and won The Stage Award for Best Actor. In 2004, Dormer won the Irish Times Best Actor Award for his performance in Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and in 2005 completed a season with Sir Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal and starred in Bath as Antonio in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Jean in August Strindberg's Miss Julie and in a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.

Following a run of film castings playing secondary characters, Dormer was cast as the lead in the 2012 film Good Vibrations, which tells the story of Northern Ireland personality and punk rock visionary Terri Hooley. The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, was awarded Best Film at the Galway Film Awards and was nominated for the Outstanding Debut Award at the 2014 BAFTA Awards. He has since played roles in Yann Demange's critically acclaimed film '71 alongside Jack O'Connell. In 2019, Dormer portrayed Curtis Welch, town physician of Nome, Alaska, in the Disney film Togo. Dormer has also become a well known television actor, playing key roles in the Cinemax drama series Hunted (2012), as well as BBC One's Hidden (2011). In 2013, he joined the cast of HBO’s fantasy hit Game of Thrones in the recurring role of Lord Beric Dondarrion, later returning for the series’ final three seasons. In 2014, Dormer began filming on Sky Atlantic's Fortitude as the role of Sheriff Dan Anderssen opposite acclaimed actors Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon and Christopher Eccleston. He was one of only a handful of actors to remain on the series until its end in 2018. In 2020, Dormer appeared in the lead role of Captain Sam Vimes in the BBC series The Watch, based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. He also has played Fraser Walker, Director of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, in two series of Sky One’s COBRA (2020-2021).